I love a conundrum because I can invite readers to chime in and help. Today we have an absolutely charming East Dallas bungalow that caught my eye because it’s cute, it’s been renovated, it has a great front porch, and it’s listed for a terrific price.
The first part of the quandary is location, and the second is style. You be the judge, and please comment with your thoughts. Regardless of what we all come up with, this is going to be an excellent home for someone!
Of course, I reached out to my posse of experts, and there were a variety of opinions. Let’s start with location. MLS lists this adorable East Dallas bungalow in Munger Place. I turned to one of my experts, Tam Pham of Steel Toe Stiletto, who is an award-winning authority on historic home renovations and a Junius Heights resident.
“The lot and block confuses people because the legal description says Munger Place but the historic overlay puts it squarely in the Junius Heights historic district,” Pham said.
This East Dallas Bungalow is Squarely in The Junius Heights Historic District
Take a look at the maps. Munger Place begins below Henderson. This East Dallas bungalow is clearly above Henderson within the Junius Heights boundaries. So here is what I think I’ve figured out. It’s in the Munger Place SUBDIVISION, which is IN Junius Heights. How’s that not confusing? Both Munger Place and Junius Heights are coveted neighborhoods, but you certainly want to know which actual neighborhood you are buying into. I mean, either way, you cannot go wrong, but you do need to know.
Now, the second conundrum I want help with is I very much wanted to call this a Craftsman bungalow, but a few architectural features stopped me. How often do you see Tudor arched windows on a historic Craftsman home? The Historic House Specialist Seminar I took a few years ago taught me a lot about historic architectural styles, so this was truly intriguing…